τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
perpensātĭo: ōnis, f. perpenso,
I an exact weighing, a careful consideration: honorum atque officiorum, Gell. 2, 2, 8.
perpēnsātĭō, ōnis, f. (perpenso), examen attentif, appréciation : Gell. 2, 2, 8.